In Japan large manufacturers have tied up most of the beer market. Recently, there has been a resurgence in boutique breweries as in the rest of the world. An example of which, is the dry-hopped ale mixed with green tea made by Baird in conjunction with Stone & Ishii. All proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross. Next Wednesday there will be a tasting of more than 24 beers ” (3 to 4 oz. pours of hard-to-find beer from small breweries. For more information click the following link Japan Society.
Posts Tagged ‘New York’
Taste Green Tea Beer and Other Micro Beers, Japan Society – New York
Saturday, October 1st, 2011The Worst of 2010: Sam Sifton, New York Times Food Critic, Reviews KFC’s Double Down
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
★ Culinary Tidbits . . . “Sam Sifton writes that he ingested two slabs of breaded chicken, which KFC call the “Double Down”, he described it as a “slimy and unnatural moist thing”, “that the company” (KFC), “asks customers to eat with their hands”. “The chicken is watery within its soft casing of breaded “crust”, “the cheese would be familiar to anyone who has eaten food prepared by the United States government”, “the bacon chemical gives it smokiness”, “the mayonnaise sauce tangy, salty, and sweet, all at once”, “a disgusting meal”, “a must-to-avoid”.
Obikà Mozzarella Bar – Los Angeles
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Obikà Mozzarella Bar has opened a sleek, ultra-modern designed space at the Westfield Mall in Century City. It has other locations throughout Italy and one in New York, and this LA outpost totals the 14th location with one more planned for the Beverly Center. At Obikà, the main event is the Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP which proprietor Silvio Ursini flies in three times a week from Italy’s Paestum and Agro Pontino regions. Of course, with a name like Obikà Mozzarella Bar, patrons can expect a lengthy mozzarella menu, but Obikà also serves salads, pasta dishes, and other entrees, so not every dish comes with a scoop of mozzarella. And because the menu offers both small plates and entree-sized portions, this could be a lunch, dinner, or join them for Italian happy hour “aperitivo hour” and order a glass of wine plus bites off the mozzarella bar menu.
Kangaroo Makes a Comeback on New York Restaurant Menus – New York
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
After a two year absence, kangaroo is back on the menu in New York even though there are few restaurants outside of Eight Mile Creek, an Australian themed restaurant in Manhattan, that features it. Only a certain species from Tasmania is still banned. With an estimated 60 million kangaroos (macropod marsupials) in Australia there is little danger of extinction, and it is the only truly organic, free-range food on the market.
Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale’s – Orange County, Los Angeles
Monday, June 9th, 2008South Coast Plaza
3333 South Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Opening Hours:
Lunch: Monday – Sunday 11:45 to 2:30
Dinner: Sunday – Thursday 5:30 to 10:30
Friday – Saturday 5:30 to 11:00
Tel. 714.352.2525
Fax. 714.474.2368
Credit Cards: All Major
Expensive-Very Expensive
I first sampled Charlie Palmer’s cooking at the River Cafe in New York at some point during the mid-eighties and thought it was very good.
After Palmer served some time at Georges Blanc in France where he was impressed and inspired by the small artisan producers that brought their home-grown or produced goods to the kitchen door of the restaurant. It so happens, that I have spent a few nights dining at Georges Blanc and spent the night in the well-run hotel on the premise in Vonnas, and previous to that I dined at his mother’s famous restaurant in the same location called La Mere Blanc, one of the great gastronomical shrines, at the time, of France.
In 1988 Charlie Palmer opened Aureole in New York and a collection of other restaurants followed across America.
He firmly believes in using produce from small farms and is inspiring farmers, cheese producers and others in food production to keep quantities small and quality high.
This reiteration of Charlie Palmer has just recently opened at the South Coast Plaza and I trust that the tradition will live on in Orange County and I will keep tabs and report on the results.
